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Recent Examples of chasm
By the middle of 2023, the cracks started turning into chasms.
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Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Tucked into the corner of Virginia and Kentucky, Breaks Interstate Park spans 4,500 acres across both states—and its focal point is a chasm created by the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
But the chasm between this movie and the first continues to grow.
—Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
But the chasm between this movie and the first continues to grow.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Tucked into the corner of Virginia and Kentucky, Breaks Interstate Park spans 4,500 acres across both states—and its focal point is a chasm created by the Russell Fork of the Big Sandy River.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
But the chasm between this movie and the first continues to grow.
—Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
But the chasm between this movie and the first continues to grow.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chasm
Noun
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To lose your home, your native land, that’s like falling from a bridge into a huge abyss with no way back.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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There’s a parallel universe where possibly one of the greatest songs of all time, and definitely the best song ever written about the boys being back in town, was squandered off into the abyss of record-store crates and never given a chance to shine.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But when a mysterious aircraft sinks into the ocean, Ally’s peaceful world is suddenly thrown into danger and is thrust into a journey real-life marine creatures as the film explores themes of friendship and courage.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Orion capsule will be returned to NASA's Kennedy Space Center for additional study following the mission — but before it was plucked from the ocean, the divers managed to capture images of the capsule and its heat shield underwater.—
Chelsea Gohd,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Chasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chasm. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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